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Sound The Alarm. Save A Life.

Pam Wanner7 years ago2 years ago1 mins

Red Cross offers free smoke alarms, installation, and battery replacement LAKE HAVASU CITY – The Lake Havasu City Fire Department has announced that the local Red Cross and its volunteers are launching an initiative in Lake Havasu City called “Sound the Alarm. Save a Life.” The initiative aims to install free smoke alarms, replace batteries in existing alarms, educate families about fire prevention safety, and more. Residents are invited to contact the American Red Cross at their local number (-928-779-0568 (please leave a message if there is no answer) and a Red Cross volunteer will return your call, answer any…

Rotary observes Social Work Month

Pam Wanner7 years ago2 years ago1 mins

Kingman Route 66 Rotary Club’s featured speaker at its March 8 meeting was Marty Adams, Kingman Regional Medical Center (KRMC) Social Worker, shown with club president Becky Fawson. Adams is a 32-year resident of Kingman and has been with KRMC for 14 years. March is Social Work Month. Adams noted the 10 social workers at KRMC cover “womb to tomb” and all but two hold Master degrees. Among their responsibilities are assessment of all age ranges of patients, including mothers of newborns who may be addicted and thus need their infants tested, education of patients and their families, performance of mental…

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Four-year-old Havasu boy allegedly molested

Pam Wanner7 years ago2 years ago1 mins

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Authorities allege a four-year-old Lake Havasu City boy was molested by a teenager who was on Christmas leave from basic training from a U.S. Army base in South Carolina. An investigation began Jan. 1 when the victim’s parents contacted police. Police reports said that Joshua Sword was visiting the victim’s parents when the boy’s father used his fingernail to unlock a bedroom door on Dec. 26, 2018. The man reportedly discovered his partially undressed son in the room while 19-year-old Joshua Sword ran to a closet. Police reports indicated that Sword told the father that his…

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Adkins receives prison sentence after violating probation conditions

Pam Wanner7 years ago2 years ago2 mins

A Bullhead City man was sentenced to prison Wednesday after admitting he committed new crimes constituting violation of his probation for a prior armed robbery conviction. Bradley Richard Adkins, 22, was placed on five year’s probation for his involvement in a March, 2017 home invasion at a residence on Anna Circle. Adkins and co-defendant Cory Edward Cummings, 20, accepted plea agreements for entering the home in an attempt to sell an iPad. Bullhead City Police said Adkins pepper-sprayed the victim when he refused to buy the device, thinking it had been stolen. Police and prosecutors said Cummings stole the victim’s…

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Caruso named Citizen of the Month

Pam Wanner7 years ago2 years ago1 mins

Kingman Route 66 Rotary Club presented Kathleen Caruso, shown with Rotarian Jo Ann Oxsen, with the club’s March Citizen of the Month award at its March 8 meeting. Caruso has volunteered for 10 years as a driver for Meals on Wheels and has also volunteered at the Powerhouse, Mohave Museum of History and the Arts and Kathryn Heidenreich Senior Center.

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Learn about volunteer opportunities on April 9

Pam Wanner7 years ago2 years ago1 mins

KINGMAN – Want to give back to your community and don’t know where to start? Come out for a Volunteer Fair on Tuesday, April 9, from 10am to noon at the Kingman Library, 3269 Burbank. Multiple organizations will be on hand to help you learn about volunteer opportunities for all ages and abilities including Senior Companions, Living Waters Hospice, the Foster Grandparent Program, WACOG, Katherine Heidenreich Adult Center, the JAVC and more. Contact Heather at 928-715-2200 for more information.

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Sound The Alarm. Save A Life.

Rotary observes Social Work Month

Four-year-old Havasu boy allegedly molested

Adkins receives prison sentence after violating probation conditions

Caruso named Citizen of the Month

Learn about volunteer opportunities on April 9

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